Can You break the code?

[Rob]

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/

You might even get a job if you can sus it out. Apparently it's something to do with GCHQ according to the BBC

Me, I have no idea.

[Hugh]

Been there, done that (36 years ago, for 6 years)......

[Graham M]

Machine Code? If not, ASM?

[Kymmy]

Cracked it... The message read

"Everyone must buy the mods and admins on cableforum a round of drinks this xmas"

[thenry]

http://news.sky.com/home/technology/article/16121572

[Waldo Pepper]

Due to the repetition of certain characters one after the other 0x00 & 0x41, it's unlikely to be an encryption algorithm like DES. I had a quick look and think it maybe some form of XOR mask. Possibly a rotational or substitution cipher.

Since I already have a job in IT, i'll stick to the Times Killer Sudkos for now.

[Mr Angry]

Easy peasy!

The money isn't great at £31,152 though.

[Graham M]

68000 assembly language opcodes and registers? Someone put me out of my misery.

[idi banashapan]

anyone can do it!

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/soyoudidit.asp

[danielf]

It' s a little worrying that you get to help 'protect our nation's security and the lives of thousands'. Who are these 'thousands' whose lives get protected, and how are they chosen? Why aren't the lives of the other 60 million odd of us protected?

[thenry]

answer.. (not my own work)

Pr0t3ct!on#cyber_security@12*12.2011+

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//
// stage 2 of 3
//
// challenge:
// reveal the solution within VM.mem
//
// disclaimer:
// tested in ie 9, firefox 6, chrome 14 and v8 shell (http://code.google.com/apis/v8/build.html),
// other javascript implementations may or may not work.
//
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

var VM = {

cpu: {
ip: 0x00,

r0: 0x00,
r1: 0x00,
r2: 0x00,
r3: 0x00,

cs: 0x00,
ds: 0x10,

fl: 0x00,

firmware: [0xd2ab1f05, 0xda13f110]
},

mem: [
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0x98, 0xab, 0xd9, 0xa1, 0x9f, 0xa7, 0x83, 0x83, 0xf2, 0xb1, 0x34, 0xb6, 0xe4, 0xb7, 0xca, 0xb8,
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0xca, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf, 0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7, 0xd8, 0xd9,
0xda, 0xdb, 0xa9, 0xcd, 0xdf, 0xdf, 0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7, 0xe8, 0xe9,
0x26, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef, 0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7, 0xf8, 0xf9,
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0x47, 0x14, 0x42, 0x0e, 0xb6, 0xb2, 0xb2, 0xe6, 0xeb, 0xb4, 0x83, 0x8e, 0xd7, 0xe5, 0xd4, 0xd9,
0xc3, 0xf0, 0x80, 0x95, 0xf1, 0x82, 0x82, 0x9a, 0xbd, 0x95, 0xa4, 0x8d, 0x9a, 0x2b, 0x30, 0x69,
0x4a, 0x69, 0x65, 0x55, 0x1c, 0x7b, 0x69, 0x1c, 0x6e, 0x04, 0x74, 0x35, 0x21, 0x26, 0x2f, 0x60,
0x03, 0x4e, 0x37, 0x1e, 0x33, 0x54, 0x39, 0xe6, 0xba, 0xb4, 0xa2, 0xad, 0xa4, 0xc5, 0x95, 0xc8,
0xc1, 0xe4, 0x8a, 0xec, 0xe7, 0x92, 0x8b, 0xe8, 0x81, 0xf0, 0xad, 0x98, 0xa4, 0xd0, 0xc0, 0x8d,
0xac, 0x22, 0x52, 0x65, 0x7e, 0x27, 0x2b, 0x5a, 0x12, 0x61, 0x0a, 0x01, 0x7a, 0x6b, 0x1d, 0x67,
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0x37, 0x7a, 0x07, 0x11, 0x1f, 0x1d, 0x68, 0x25, 0x32, 0x77, 0x1e, 0x62, 0x23, 0x5b, 0x47, 0x55,
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0x85, 0xfd, 0x9a, 0xe3, 0xe6, 0x81, 0xb5, 0xbb, 0xd7, 0xcd, 0x87, 0xa3, 0xd3, 0x6b, 0x36, 0x6f,
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0x9b, 0x5a, 0x2f, 0x2f, 0x4e, 0x4e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
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0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
],

exec: function()
{
// virtual machine architecture
// ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
//
// segmented memory model with 16-byte segment size (notation seg:offset)
//
// 4 general-purpose registers (r0-r3)
// 2 segment registers (cs, ds equiv. to r4, r5)
// 1 flags register (fl)
//
// instruction encoding
// ++++++++++++++++++++
//
// byte 1 byte 2 (optional)
// bits [ 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ] [ 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 ]
// opcode - - -
// mod -
// operand1 - - - -
// operand2 - - - - - - - -
//
// operand1 is always a register index
// operand2 is optional, depending upon the instruction set specified below
// the value of mod alters the meaning of any operand2
// 0: operand2 = reg ix
// 1: operand2 = fixed immediate value or target segment (depending on instruction)
//
// instruction set
// +++++++++++++++
//
// Notes:
// * r1, r2 => operand 1 is register 1, operand 2 is register 2
// * movr r1, r2 => move contents of register r2 into register r1
//
// opcode | instruction | operands (mod 0) | operands (mod 1)
// -------+-------------+------------------+-----------------
// 0x00 | jmp | r1 | r2:r1
// 0x01 | movr | r1, r2 | rx, imm
// 0x02 | movm | r1, [ds:r2] | [ds:r1], r2
// 0x03 | add | r1, r2 | r1, imm
// 0x04 | xor | r1, r2 | r1, imm
// 0x05 | cmp | r1, r2 | r1, imm
// 0x06 | jmpe | r1 | r2:r1
// 0x07 | hlt | N/A | N/A
//
// flags
// +++++
//
// cmp r1, r2 instruction results in:
// r1 == r2 => fl = 0
// r1 < r2 => fl = 0xff
// r1 > r2 => fl = 1
//
// jmpe r1
// => if (fl == 0) jmp r1
// else nop

throw "VM.exec not yet implemented";
}

};

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

try
{
VM.exec();
}
catch(e)
{
alert('\nError: ' + e + '\n');
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Waldo Pepper]

Originally Posted by idi banashapan

anyone can do it!

http://www.canyoucrackit.co.uk/soyoudidit.asp

Now that's good code cracking in finding a weak link.
I would sack the dimwit who did the html page.
WTP.

[tweetiepooh]

Hmm! Getting the answer is sometimes what these guys want. Can you be sneaky enough to get to the solution without lots of work?

I'd put in 2 got it pages, one for people who do get the correct answer and hit the solution page by entering the solution which I'd alter for each attempt. This would get "offers" to work in one department.

The 2nd would be for the "cheats". This would get offer to work in "another" department.